An update on the phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
Feng Zhang, Xiaoqing Guo, Yuanpeng Xia, Ling Mao
Topics & Concepts
TransdifferentiationPhenotypePhenotypic switchingVascular smooth muscleMyofibroblastBiologyMesenchymal stem cellCell biologyCell typeCellDownregulation and upregulationPathogenesisContraction (grammar)Foam cellStem cellImmunologyMacrophageSmooth musclePathologyGeneticsMedicineGeneFibrosisIn vitroEndocrinologyAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular DiseasesCaveolin-1 and cellular processesCongenital heart defects research